Stop distributing shopping bags in Thailand.Dugong dies, pollution worsens on January 1 at 21:17
In Thailand, as superfluous marine pollution caused by plastic garbage worsened, major supermarkets and others stopped distributing plastic shopping bags from January 1.
About 45 billion plastic bags are used each year in Thailand, raising concerns about the impact on the environment.The Thai government has decided to stop using plastic bags in an effort to reduce plastic waste. Calling the people.
In response, about 25,000 stores from 95 companies, including major local supermarkets and department stores, participated and stopped distribution on the 1st.
Of these, major supermarket stores in Bangkok packed products in shopping bags brought by customers and purchased shopping bags that could be used repeatedly for about 20 yen in Japanese yen.
The shop also visited Thailand's Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Wallaut, who was distributing cloth shopping bags to customers and calling for the reduction of plastic waste.
In Thailand, marine pollution caused by plastic litter has become more severe, with animals such as dugongs appearing to die of plastic litter by mistake.